Marc A. Thiessen - Intercollegiate Studies Institute

Marc A. Thiessen

CHIEF SPEECHWRITER TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, COLUMNIST

Things to know about Marc

Marc A. Thiessen is a columnist for the Washington Post, a New York Times bestselling author, and a Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The Daily Telegraph named him one of the “100 most influential conservatives in America.” Thiessen had a fifteen-year national security career that took him from Capitol Hill to the Pentagon to the White House, where was chief speechwriter to President George W. Bush. He is a graduate of Vassar College, where he began his writing career with ISI’s Collegiate Network of independent student publications.